Editing Christian Congregation in Brazil

{{Short description|First evangelical church in brazil}}
{{Infobox Christian denomination
| name               = '''Christian Congregation in Brazil'''
| image              = [[File:CCB Brás (cropped).jpg|200px]]
| imagewidth         = Main Church in [[São Paulo]]. It seats 9,800 worshipers
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| founder            = [[Luigi Francescon]]
| founded_date       = 1910
| founded_place      = Santo Antônio da Platina (PR)
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| area               = 
| congregations      = 24.272  in Brazil (2021<ref>Relatorio</ref>)
| members            = 2.5 million (2000)<br>2.8 million (2016)<ref>{{cite news|title=Pentecostalism in Brazil|url=https://www.economist.com/news/international/21688878-how-waves-migrants-bring-waves-religious-change-modesty-ostentation|access-date=24 January 2016|newspaper=[[The Economist]]|date= 12 December 2021}}</ref>
| website            = {{url|congregacaocristanobrasil.org.br}}
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The '''Christian Congregation in Brazil''' ({{langx|pt|Congregação Cristã no Brasil}}) was founded in Brazil by the [[Italian-American]] missionary [[Luigi Francescon]] (1866–1964), as part of the larger [[Christian Congregation (Pentecostal)|Christian Congregation]] movement.<ref> Alves, Leonardo. “Christian Congregation in Brazil”, in: Brill's Encyclopedia of Global Pentecostalism Online, Edited by: Michael Wilkinson, Connie Au, Jörg Haustein, Todd M. Johnson. Consulted online on 10 July 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2589-3807_EGPO_COM_047967></ref>

==History==
[[File:CCB - Foto histórica em Guaianases.jpg|thumb|left| Old Headquarters in [[Guaianases (district of São Paulo)|Guaianases]], São Paulo in 1950]]
Louis Francescon came for the first time to [[Brazil]] from [[Chicago, Illinois]] in 1910. After arriving in São Paulo, Francescon went to [[Santo Antonio da Plantina]], [[Paraná (state)|Paraná]].<ref>J. Gordon Melton and Martin Baumann, ''Religions of the World: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of Beliefs and Practices'', ABC-CLIO, USA, 2010, p. 621</ref> His eleven missionary trips were quite successful among fellow Italian immigrants and Brazilian nationals. {{citation needed|date=August 2024}} The ''Christian Congregation of Brazil'' is one of the most dynamic and it is fast-growing.<ref>Read, William R. ''New Patterns of Church Growth in Brazil''Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1965.</ref> In 2016, the Christian Congregation in the Brazil had around 2.8 million members<ref>Jeff Oliver, ''Pentecost To The Present Book Three: Worldwide Revivals and Renewal'', Bridge Logos Inc, USA, 2016, p. 77</ref><ref>2000 Brazilian Census [[Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics|IBGE]]</ref> in 2020 and 24,272 temples (2021) in that country and more than 50,000 temples in all world and an intense missionary work abroad. In the metro area of São Paulo, the church shows its strength: there are 500,000 followers, distributed in 2,000 churches and a mother-church in the Brás district that houses a 9,800 member congregation in the Brás district.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}} Francescon was among the early founders of the Italian-American Pentecostal church in Chicago. He had left the [[Waldensian#United States of America|First Italian Presbyterian Church of Chicago]] because of his belief in Water [[Baptism]] by [[Baptism by immersion|immersion]]. Later, he accepted the [[doctrine]]s of [[anointing with oil]], [[miracle]]s, and [[Holy Spirit]] baptism at the North Avenue Full Gospel Mission led by [[William Howard Durham]]. Evangelists from Chicago went to the Italian colonies in the United States planting churches mostly in the Northeast. Most of those churches were incorporated into the [[Christian Church of North America]], with a few affiliated with the [[Christian Congregation in the United States]].{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.congregacaocristanobrasil.org.br/ Official website]

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[[Category:Christian Congregation (Pentecostal)]]
[[Category:Christian organizations established in 1910]]
[[Category:1910 establishments in Brazil]]
[[Category:Pentecostal denominations in South America]]
[[Category:Pentecostal churches in Brazil]]